June 16th, 2010 by Eric RexWell that didn’t go according to plan at all unfortunately.
When word first started coming out that Ninjasonik was going to open for Drake at a free show at the seaport, I thought it was a joke. I heard it through one of their many twitter accounts and thought “OK, well this isn’t really happening, [...]
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0 Comment » June 14th, 2010 by Eric RexDid you ever make noise into a fan as a kid and listen to what came out the other end as the swirling blades cut your voice into smaller sounds? Drone is a lot like that. The hum of the electronics, the manipulation of your own voice to create something eerie, with a [...]
Category : Show Review June 7th, 2010 by Eric RexFriday night was another in a long series of all ages punk show at the venerable Death By Audio. Where “local” acts Black Wine (from New Jersey), Slingshot Dakota (From Brooklyn and Pennsylvania), The Measure (SA) (from New Jersey) and Lemuria (Upstate NY) intersected in the middle of tours, about to launch out on [...]
Category : Show Review June 3rd, 2010 by Eric RexLast night was the 4th anniversary party for music marketing company Musebox, and they took the opportunity to throw themselves a party with, oddly, no one on their roster performing. Instead it was Telephoned, Sunglasses, Soundpool and Tobacco with free 24 oz cans of PBR and one of the more diverse crowds I’d yet [...]
Category : Show Review May 29th, 2010 by Eric RexVintage Circus by TECLA
Tecla in just a few months has grown as a performer. From somewhat awkward vocalist with keyboard and Mac book to a woman in control of her craft and audience, able to make us dance and laugh and sing and forget the heat of a tiny cramped basement
Friday night felt like [...]
Category : Show Review May 16th, 2010 by Eric RexThis past Friday, The Mercury Lounge turned into the Mercury Disco as two bands known for driving dance provided blessed out sounds for the button down crowd that had assembled that night. New York’s The Golden Filter was in to help celebrate the late April release of their first album Voluspa giving us a [...]
Category : Show Review May 14th, 2010 by Eric RexGod DAMN I love The Netherlands. Timo Ellis (Joan As Police Woman, Cibo Matto) singing and JAPA on drums with a rotating bass element make dark scary sexy fun surreal funny psychedelic thrash at doom metal speeds that suddenly explode with guitar lines that give punk bands a run for their money.
Using more effects [...]
Category : Show Review May 3rd, 2010 by Eric RexRecently Last Year’s Model evolved past us puny mortals and decided to have a party showing off their shiny new carapaces for a night of friends, family and what they called Human 2.0.
I saw Last Year’s Model for the first time a few months ago, when they opened for Hadouken and they really impressed me [...]
Category : Show Review April 29th, 2010 by Eric RexClick here to see Edwina Hay’s GREAT shots of last night (more will be added later)
Last night VV Brown returned to New York not as an opening act, but as the triumphant headliner at Manhattan’s Bowery Ballroom. Her recent tour opening for Little Dragon, doing a string of promotional radio, magazine article and free [...]
Category : Show Review April 26th, 2010 by Eric RexCheck Out Edwina Hay’s EXCELLENT shots for the night here.
Ivy league Circus from Gordon Voidwell on Vimeo.
Download the Voided Checks Mixtape here.
This past Saturday, the 92y Tribeca hosted Gordon Voidwell’s first record release show. After a strong mixtape, a string of well-received remixes, the debut of a clothing line, and an upcoming appearance [...]
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